UNICEF West and Central Africa

Rosemary Amponsah is training to become a welder at the Rural Enterprises Project in Bechem in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana.

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Africa's Changemakers

They’re not presidents and policymakers; they’re not rich and famous …

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Koumbéré Sankaré, 12, from Diambadougou village about 30 km from the city of Mopti, revises her lessons at night using a head lamp. Koumbéré attends a community learning center (CLC) following the closure of her school due to insecurity. Thanks to Norwegian support, UNICEF and its partner Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) have supported learning for 7500 children who are no longer in school because of school closures in the regions of Mopti, Timbuktu, Gao and Segou. "Even though our school is closed, thank

Report

2018 Annual Report

For every child in West and Central Africa

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Girls in front of their school in the village of Tamroro, in the center of Niger.

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Adolescent Girls in West and Central Africa

Over 61 million adolescent girls continue to face unimaginable challenges to access their rights

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In Niger, girls take their shot at a better future

A girls’ football team is helping break down social barriers

Girl has her temperature taken to monitor fevers in Ebola

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Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri

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Fatou Youm, 46 years old, brings her grand daughter Tening Gueye who is 2 1/2 year old and suffers from malnutrition

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Malnutrition is a major cause of death in children.

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